FOR THE LOVE OF GOD (Bassline)
As recorded by Steve Vai
(From the 1990 Album PASSION AND WARFARE)
Music by Steve Vai
Arranged by Steve Vai

    Q=100 
    4/4

    Emadd9                  Fmaj7+11
    H.      Q    W          H.      Q    W
||-------------|----------|------------|------|
||o------------|-2--------|------------|-3----|
||o---------2--|----------|---------3--|------|
||--0----------|----------|-1----------|------|


  Emadd9                  Amadd9
  H.      Q    W          H.      Q    W
|------------|----------|------------|-2----|
|------------|-2--------|---------2--|------|
|---------2--|----------|-0----------|------|
|-0----------|----------|------------|------|


  Emadd9                  Cmaj7
  H.      Q    W          H.      Q    W
|------------|----------|------------|-5----|
|------------|-2--------|---------5--|------|
|---------2--|----------|-3----------|------|
|-0----------|----------|------------|------|


  Fmaj7+11                Emadd9
  H.      Q    W          H.      Q    W
|------------|----------|------------|-------||
|------------|-3--------|------------|-2----o||
|---------3--|----------|---------2--|------o||
|-1----------|----------|-0----------|-------||


    G                       Fmaj7+11
    H.      Q    W          H.      Q    W
||-------------|----------|------------|------|
||o------------|-5--------|------------|-3----|
||o---------5--|----------|---------3--|------|
||--3----------|----------|-1----------|------|


  Emadd9                  Dsus2
  H.      Q    W          H.      Q    W
|------------|----------|------------|-7-----||
|------------|-2--------|---------7--|------o||
|---------2--|----------|-5----------|------o||
|-0----------|----------|------------|-------||


    Emadd9                  Fmaj7+11
    H.      Q    W          H.      Q    W
||-------------|----------|------------|------|
||o------------|-2--------|------------|-3----|
||o---------2--|----------|---------3--|------|
||--0----------|----------|-1----------|------|


  Emadd9                  Amadd9
  H.      Q    W          H.      Q    W
|------------|----------|------------|-2----|
|------------|-2--------|---------2--|------|
|---------2--|----------|-0----------|------|
|-0----------|----------|------------|------|


  Emadd9                  Cmaj7
  H.      Q    W          H.      Q    W
|------------|----------|------------|-5----|
|------------|-2--------|---------5--|------|
|---------2--|----------|-3----------|------|
|-0----------|----------|------------|------|


  Fmaj7+11                Emadd9
  H.      Q    W          H.      Q    W     3x
|------------|----------|------------|-------||
|------------|-3--------|------------|-2----o||
|---------3--|----------|---------2--|------o||
|-1----------|----------|-0----------|-------||


    G                       Fmaj7+11
    H.      Q    W          H.      Q    W
||-------------|----------|------------|------|
||o------------|-5--------|------------|-3----|
||o---------5--|----------|---------3--|------|
||--3----------|----------|-1----------|------|


  Emadd9                  Dsus2
  H.      Q    W          H.      Q    W
|------------|----------|------------|-7-----||
|------------|-2--------|---------7--|------o||
|---------2--|----------|-5----------|------o||
|-0----------|----------|------------|-------||


  Emadd9                  Fmaj7+11
  H.      Q    W          H.      Q    W
|------------|----------|------------|------|
|------------|-2--------|------------|-3----|
|---------2--|----------|---------3--|------|
|-0----------|----------|-1----------|------|


  Emadd9                  Amadd9
  H.      Q    W          H.      Q    W
|------------|----------|------------|-2----|
|------------|-2--------|---------2--|------|
|---------2--|----------|-0----------|------|
|-0----------|----------|------------|------|


  Emadd9                  Cmaj7
  H.      Q    W          H.      Q    W
|------------|----------|------------|-5----|
|------------|-2--------|---------5--|------|
|---------2--|----------|-3----------|------|
|-0----------|----------|------------|------|


  Fmaj7+11                Emadd9
  H.      Q    W          H.      Q    W
|------------|----------|------------|------*|
|------------|-3--------|------------|-2----*|
|---------3--|----------|---------2--|------*|
|-1----------|----------|-0----------|------*|



Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths